Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, (a) how many trips were made, (b) how many nights were stayed, (c) how much was spent, for the purpose of visiting friends and relatives in each of the regions of England in 2017.

Data held by VisitBritain shows that visits to friends and relatives accounted for 31.1m visits made in England and 35.5m in Great Britain in year to date figures up to November 2017. During these visits, £3.4bn was spent in England and visitors stayed for a total of 81.5m nights, while they spent £4.1bn and stayed a total of 95.3m nights in Great Britain as a whole.